Ferrari starts on front row of grid in Malaysian GP
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Ferrari Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finland drives his car into the pit during the practice session for the Malaysian F1 Grand Prix in Sepang March 21, 2008.

Ferrari Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finland drives his car into the pit during the practice session for the Malaysian F1 Grand Prix in Sepang March 21, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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    KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Ferrari claimed the front two spots on the grid for the Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix, with Felipe Massa snatching pole position in Saturday qualifying ahead of teammate Kimi Raikkonen.

    Title rival McLaren filled the second row, with Heikki Kovalainen ahead of Lewis Hamilton, who won the season-opening race in Australia last weekend.

Ferrari team crew push Kimi Raikkonen of Finland's car to the pit after it ran out of fuel in free practice for the Malaysian F1 Grand Prix in Sepang March 21, 2008.

Ferrari team crew push Kimi Raikkonen of Finland's car to the pit after it ran out of fuel in free practice for the Malaysian F1 Grand Prix in Sepang March 21, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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    The remainder of the top 10 were Jarno Trulli of Toyota followed by the BMW Sauber pair of Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld, then Mark Webber of Red Bull, Fernando Alonso of Renault and Toyota's Timo Glock.

    It was the second straight year Massa claimed pole at Sepang, with his time of 1:35.748 almost half a second ahead of Raikkonen.

    Kovalainen was four-tenths of a second behind Raikkonen, with another tenth back to Hamilton.

Editor: Du Guodong
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